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Herodoti Historiae, Vol. 2. Ed. Karl Hude. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1927.

Homeri Opera, Vol’s 1- 4. Ed’s. David B. Monro and Thomas W. Allen. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1920.

Platonis Opera, Vol. 1. Ed. John Burnet. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1900.

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Sophoclis Fabulae, Ed. A. C. Pearson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1975.

Sophoclis Fabulae. Ed. Hugh Lloyd-Jones and N. G. Wilson. Oxford Classical Texts. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990.

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Lexicon

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Aeschylus. Seven Against Thebes. Trans. David Grene. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1959.

The Libation Bearers. Trans. Richmond Lattimore. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1953.

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